Samuel L Jackson: Army soldiers are true heroes

Samuel L Jackson used his time on the Captain America red carpet to hail the true heroes of society – army soldiers.

The 65-year-old acting legend gushed with admiration for the servicemen and women who defend the shores of democracy.

‘I look at the young people who put their lives on the line for us so that we do have the freedom to make movies like this and tell stories like this,’ he said, attending the premiere for The Winter Soldier, in which he reprises his role as Nick Fury.

‘We do have a volunteer army now. It’s not like people have to do it and I admire them greatly,’ he gushed.

The actor said he is thrilled his character has more air time in the current sequel than previous Marvel movies which he has popped up in, including Iron Man and Avengers Assemble.

However he explained he had to figure out quickly how to deal with reading scripts on set when he was in costume wearing his character’s trade-mark eye patch.

‘The interesting thing about the patch is when I was learning the dialogue from the script, I could only see half the page. So I discovered I’d have to learn my lines covering one hand,’ he laughed.

[Originally published Metro, Guilty Pleasures, Thursday 20 March 2014]